A CANINE GEM RESCUE = 4 TIGAN STREET, WINOOSKI, VT 05404-(802)989-1675 – [email protected] – www.acaninegem.com
• Dogs name – HIPPEE
• Breed-SHEP MIXED
• Age-APPROXIMATELY 8-10
• Size-HE WEIGHS ABOUT 50
• Spayed or neutered-NO
• Good with children-OLDER ONES
• Good with other dogs-SEEMS TO GET ALONG WITH ALL
• Good with cats-UNKNOWN
OUR WRITE UP
HIP CAME TO US ON A FRIDAY WHEN HE WAS POSTED AT A KILL SHELTER THAT HE WAS 19 YRS OLD. WHO COULD LEAVE SUCH AN OLD DOG AT A KILL SHELTER FOR STARTERS LET ALONE ONE IS SUCH BAD SHAPE???? HE CAME TO US INFESTED WITH FLEAS…THEY WERE JUM[ING OFF HIM WHEN HE ARRIVED SO IN THE BATH TUB HE WENT. HE WAS GIVEN FLEA AND TICK PREVENATIVE, DEWORMED, AND EYE OITMENT AS HIS EYES WERE CRUSTED SHUT. THIS POOR GUY HAD NOT BE TAKEN CARE OF AT ALL. HE WAS MISSING HAIR FROM ALL THE FLEAS, COULD BARELY WALK, WAS WEAK AND EMACIATED.
FAST FORWARD 6 WEEKS…AND THIS BOY HAS ENERGY, LOVES HIS WALKS AND EVEN TROTTS ALONG, LOVES TO SMELL EVERYTHING, HIS EYES ARE CLEAR AND HE HAS PUT ON 8 LBS, AND HIS HAIR IS COMING BACK. HE LOVES TO EAT AND LOVES HIS TREATS. HE NEVER BARKS, WALKS GREAT ON A LEASH, KEEPS HIS KENNEL CLEAN…WHAT MORE COULD ANYONE ASK FOR?!? HE IS A DREAM AND IS NOW READY TO GO TO A HOME AND LIVE HIS REMAINING YEARS IN A WARM HOME WITH LOTS OF LOVE…AND BY NO MEANS IS THIS GUY 19 BUT MORE
LIKE 10-12.
FAST FORWARD 10 WEEKS AND THIS BOY IS LOOKING SO GOOD. HE LOVES HIS WALKS AND WOULD LOVE TO WALK FOR HOURS. THE COLD DOES NOT BOTHER HIM. AS HE HAS GAINED HIS STRENGTH BACK AND PUT ON WEIGHT (AND BY THE WAY HIS NEW HAIR THAT HAS COME IN IS BEAUTIFUL)…WE ESTIMATE HIM TO BE ABOUT 8 YEARS OF AGE.
COME MEET HIM AND HE WILL WIN YOU OVER!!!
PROGRAM FEE: $450
THIS FEE IS VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR PRORAM. IT DOES NOT ONLY COVER THE FEES OF THE CANINE GEM THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN BUT ALSO HELPS DEFRAY THE COSTS OF OTHER CANINE GEMS WHERE THEIR FEES EXCEED THEIR PROGRAM FEE AS WE TAKE IN ALL BREEDS, AGES, AND SPECIAL NEEDS.
• What’s included:
o vetting including vaccines and deworming
o boarding fees including food(on average $10/day per canine)
o health certificate issued by a licensed Veterinarian
o transportation fee from SC/NC/GA to Vermont
OUR PROCESS FOR ADOPTING:
• go to our website, www.acaninegem.com and fill out our application
• we do adoptions 7 days a week by appointment
• we try to respond to submitted applications within 4 business hours of receiving it
• we do same day adoptions… if you are approved to come and meet a dog, you are approved to adopt
• we do not hold dogs
• all of our dogs posted are at our facility in Vermont (occasionally we will have a dog in foster care in Vermont)
• our postings are updated daily…if the posting is visible the dog is available
• we do adopt to Canadians
• we do adopt to families that do not reside in Vermont
• our fees our nonnegotiable and are in US dollars
• we do not transport dogs to adopters
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING A RESCUED CANINE…THEY ARE ALL GEMS!!